Printing cylinder for autographic registers



Aug. 25, 1925.

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C. E. WYRICK PRINTING CYLINDER FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS Filed'Nov. 5, 1922 2 Shouts-Shoot 2 @uws Patented Aug. 25, 19.25.Y

NITED; STATES PATENT FFCE? i cLAY'roNE. WNRICK, or DETROIIT,MICHIGAN.

PRINTING CYLINDER ron-AUToeRAPH'Ic Riieis'rnizs.

iilipii@anni` iiiedNovember a,` i922. Anse'riaiNo. 598,741.

To all wio'mnt may "canoeing` "Befitknown' that LCnAY'roN E. 'lVrRiom Y a v'citizenbf'the United States, residing at Detroit,county of Wayne, State of'Michil gan, have Vinvented a .certain new and useful Improvement in Printing Cylinders forAutographic Registers, andV declare the Yfollowingv to be a full, clear, and exactpdescriptionV of the same, such vas will enable others skilled the art to whichvit pertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, rwhich form apart of this specification. Y

This invention relatesA to printing cylinders for-autographic registers and the objectl of the'inven'tion is tov 'provide a` means for printing ajseries'of paper stripsand num# y berin'g the printed forms on the vstripsuin succession. The autograpliic register in-V cluding the ymeans ,forrprinting' the strips and Ybringing theprinted forms on thej stripsv to registration is describedV andclaiined in myU.. S. Letters Patent Number 1,413,647, issued April 25, 1922. This invention deals particularlyiwith themeans for numbering the printed' forms 'on the different strips succession, 'fthe interposed n forms when brought to registration being each provided with the same numberand the succeeding forms being numbered consecutively; An# other objectvof the invention is to provide a simple andy efficientv numbering mechanism carried by each printing roll and adapted to be .actuated upon reach rotation ;of the rollsv A further object yo'ftlieinventionV is to provi'dea means for'operating a series of num-I v Fig-3 is` an end view of the numbering de-v k vice: in position'for resetting.

Fig. 4 similar view showing'the device in the resetI position.

Fig. '51S an @mi View of the' device ready for actuation'.`

in the accompanying drawelevationl ofA an autographicv register with the yside vplate removed' to' show `r Fig. 6 is a similar View yof the` device after actuation.y v

Fig. 7 isa side view of the numbering device.

Fig. 8 is'a section taken on line v8 7-#8 of Fig'.v 7.

Asshown'in Fig. 1 theautographic reguA 'isterf comprises three blank paper rolls 1, 2` and 3;

The vpaper from each roll is fed over anA idler roll v4V and' between the idler vrolls and printing rolls 5. The printing rolls are cylindrical in form and are each providedl -with ai type face 6.* as shown in F ig; 2.

These type faces are'preferably in the formv and vthe platesgare then bent .to cylindrical form land fastened to the printing rolls, the space 7 betweenthe ends of the copper plate forming aspace between the printed forms onthe strips. This flat space 7 is also used in the autographic'V register to bring the formson the different strips to registrationy` as described inl my Vformer patent above mentioned. An inking roll 8 isiprovided foreach printing roll andthe printing rolls Y. l ofcopper' plates provided with raised letters" are eachl provided with vagear 9 on Vthe endi as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. An idlerl gear 10 is provided between each pairfof' gears 9` and meshes therewith so that rota-l tion of one printing roll rotates' the other printing rolls in unison. The printed Strips are fed from the printing rolls over a'series of idler rolls onto a metal bed 11 onV which the different stripsare interposed and the printed forms are brought to "'registration. The top form-is exposed through yan aperture 12 provided in the upper face ofthe register casing. A series of strips of carbon paper maybe inserted between the diiferent printed strips crosswise of the casing be neath the aperture 12 so that any writing onV theL upper printedA form iscarried through ontothelovver forms askwill be readily understood. `The strips may 'be kdrawn from the machine together ybyvhand or maybe" fed, from the register by a pair of rolls 13 and 14 geared together 4and rotated by means of a crank 15,'the sheets being torn off against a sharp `edge 16 on the top of the machine.

`The principal objectvof this invention [is to provide a means for' numbering the different forms in succession and this is accomplished by providinga plate `17 forthe end of each printing roll 5 as shown in Fig. 2.

Thisplate'is secured to the end of the print-i ing roll opposite the gearv 9 by the screws 18 and is provided with an aperture in the center through which the shaft 19 of the printing roll extends. The plate 17 is provided with an L shaped bracket 2O formed integrally therewith and extending into a recess provided therefor in the end of the printing roll. A small shaft 21 is rotatably mounted in the end of the L shaped bracket and in the plate 17 and a series of discs consecutively numbered on the periphery are rotatably mounted on the shaft 21. Each disc is provided with a series of notches 22 on one side which provides spaces 23 between the numbered discs. A U-shaped member 24 is also rotatably mounted on the shaft 21 and carries a pin 25 shown in Fig. 8 on which a member' 26 is rotatably mounted. This number 2G is provided with five extending portions 27 which extend into the five spaces and are adapted to engage in the notches 22. rlfhese extending portions 27 are of different lengths so that when the irst one is in engagement with a notch 22 of the respective disc the rest of the portions 27 are held out of engagement with the respective notches, a coiled spring being provided to force the member 29 toward the notches. Then the first member 27 drops into the deep notch 28 the second member 27 engages in one of the notches 22 of its respective disc so that should the U-shaped member 24 be turned at this time the first two numbered discs would be turned simultaneously. To prevent the numbered discs from turning freely on the shaft 21 a catch member 29 is provided for each disc adapted to engage in the respective notches 22. A coiled spring 30 is provided in the L shaped bracket 2O for each catch 29 which is adapted to hold the respective catch in engagement in the notches. The movement of the U-shaped member 24: to cause movement of the numbered discs is caused by means of a cam 31 secured to the shaft 21 on the outside of the plate 17. This cam 31 is provided with two shoulders 32 and and a pair of pins 34 and 35 extend from the roll supporting brackets 36 into the path of movement of the cam 31 as shown in Fig. 1. During rotation of the printing rolls by withdrawal of the printed strips from the machine the shoulder 232 of the cam strikes the pin B4 which turns the cam 31 and U-shaped i member 24 from the position shown in Fig.

5 to that shown in Fig. 6. This movement advances the numbered discs one number by means of the catch point 27. An aperl 7 ture 37 is provided in the type plate 6 and when the end plate 17 is secured in place the edges of the numbered discs are exposed through the said aperture. One of the series of numbers across the discs extends flush with the type plate and as the rolls shown in Fig. 1 is in a counter clockwise direction and after the number has been printed the cam 31 .is carried around by the rolls in the position shown in Fig. 3 until the shoulder`33 strikes the pin 35, which moves the cam 31 and U-shaped member 24 from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 4 which moves the catch 27 back one notch in the notches 22 of the respective numbered discs, the discs being held from rotation by the catches 29. As the rotation of the roll is continued the shoulder 32 of the cam strikes the pin 34 thus moving the next succeeding number to position for printing. All three printing rolls operate in the same manner so that the forms on the different strips are numbered consecutively and the forms on the different strips bearing the same number are brought tol registration on the writing bed 11. At this time by writing on the upper form carbon copies will be produced on the two lower' forms and the strips may be then drawn out and torn off againstthe edge 16, the forms thus torn off all bearing the same numbers. While I have shown a machine for printing and numbering three strips it will be readily understood that a greater or less number of strips may be printed and numbered by changing the number of paper strips and printing rolls. vWhen the paper strips from the paper rolls are first threaded through the machine the numbering devicesare set so that the forms in registration von the bed 12 are all provided with the same number, the operation of the device being automatic from then until the paper rolls are used up.

From the foregoing description' it becomes evident that the'numbering device is very simple and eiiicient in operation, will not easily get out of order, Vis composed of few partsmd is of consequent low manufacturing cost, is easily assembled and provides a device which accomplishes the Vobjects described.

l-laving thus fully described m invention, its utility and mode of operation what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is-- 1. A printing cylinder for an autographie register or the like, a frame member rotatably supporting the printing cylinder, a series of disksV rotatably mounted within the cylinder, each provided with a series of numbers on the periphery, there being an aperture provided in the cylinder through which one number of each disk eX- tends Yflush with the printing face of the cylinder, a rotatably mounted member adapted to be turned in one direction to turn the disks and movable in an opposite direction ito reset the devicefor subsequent operation of the disks, a dog at the end of the cylinder for producing movement of the member in either direction, and a pair of spaced pins engaged in sequence by the dog at that period of rotation of the cylin-V.

series-of disks rotatably mounted in the said aperture each provided With a series of numbers upon the periphery,'one number of each disk extending flush With the printing face of the cylinder, a dogr adapted to be turned first in one direction to increase the number exposed by one and then to be turned in a reverse direction for a succeeding operation, and spaced stationary pins engaged in succession by the dog during revolution of thepcylinder. y f 3l. A printing cylinder for use in an auto- `Substantially cylindrical in form, the end of the vcylinder having a recess open through the printing face and through the end of the cylinder, a circular plate carry-l ingy a numbering ydevice adapted to be mounted on the end of the cylinder, the said plate having a projecting central shaft for supporting the said end in aV bearing, said numberingfdevice being positionedin the said recess and consisting of a series of disks carrying numbers, one of the series of numbers on each disk being flush Withthe printing surface, a dog on the outer end of the circular plate adap-ted to be turned in one direction or the other, a frame in Which the central projecting member of the plate is rotatably mounted, and spaced pins on the frame engaged by the dog successively and causing the dog to be first turned to increase the number to be printed by the disks by one `and engagement of the disk With the succeeding pin resetting the same for a succeeding operation.v

In testimony whereof, I sign this speci- CLAYTON E. l/VYRICK. Y

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